Located in the Asosa Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Kurmuk has a latitude and longitude of 10°33′26″N 34°17′44″E / 10.557192°N 34.295485°E / 10.557192; 34.295485 with an elevation of 653 meters above sea level.

In 1962, Kurmuk was connected to Asosa by a dry-weather road, "rough but passable by trucks" according to the Highway Authority.

"[2] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency, in 2005 this town has an estimated total population of 554, of whom 297 were males and 257 were females.

[4] At the end of 1985, the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) set up bases in the hills across the Ethiopian border, south of Kurmuk .

[1] The Ethiopian National Defense Force provided the SPLA with support when they launched a cross-border raid into Sudan in 1997.